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The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…
The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Iury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Tho. Underhill, 1651
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2. To place our justification in any thing that is ours, or we do, 1is altogether derogatory to the righteousness and worth of Christ. Some there are who place it partly in our righteousness, and partly in the obedience of Christ, supplying that which is defective in us; some of late have placed it in our Faith, as if that were our righteousness, and not for any worth or dignity of Faith, but God out of his mere good pleasure (say they) hath appointed Faith to be that to man fallen, which universal righteousness would have been to Adam: and hence it is, that they will not allow any trope or metonymy in that phrase, Abraham believed, and it was imputed to him for righteousness. But here appeareth no less pride and arrogancy in this▪ then the opinion of the Papists, and in some respects it doth charge God worse, as is to be showed in handling of that point: Therefore let us take heed, how by our distinctions we put any thing with Christs righteousness in this great work.
2. To place our justification in any thing that is ours, or we do, 1is altogether derogatory to the righteousnesse and worth of Christ. Some there are who place it partly in our righteousness, and partly in the obedience of Christ, supplying that which is defective in us; some of late have placed it in our Faith, as if that were our righteousnesse, and not for any worth or dignity of Faith, but God out of his meer good pleasure (say they) hath appointed Faith to be that to man fallen, which universal righteousnesse would have been to Adam: and hence it is, that they will not allow any trope or metonymie in that phrase, Abraham beleeved, and it was imputed to him for righteousness. But here appeareth no lesse pride and arrogancy in this▪ then the opinion of the Papists, and in some respects it doth charge God worse, as is to be shewed in handling of that point: Therefore let us take heed, how by our distinctions we put any thing with Christs righteousness in this great work.
- 1II. Caution.